Pianist Lang Lang to Headline McCarter's Annual Gala Benefit Concert, 5/7
by Tyler Peterson
- Apr 18, 2016
On Saturday, May 7th, McCarter Theatre Center will host its annual Gala Benefit, which supports McCarter's many ongoing artistic and educational missions here in Princeton and around the region. This year's gala is fashioned on the theme of Truman Capote's 1960s 'Black and White Ball,' with offerings including a silent auction; a post-concert party complete with music and dancing; as well as other surprises for attendees.
Photo Flash: First Look at Steep Theatre's Midwest Premiere of THE FEW
by BWW
News Desk
- Apr 14, 2016
Four years ago, Bryan walked away from his life, his lover, and his labor of love -- a magazine for long distance truckers. Now, he's back, without explanation and without answers, looking to finish what he couldn't on the road. In an anonymous highway town, THE FEW pulls together the pieces of lives filled with loss. Steep Theatre Company continues its fifteenth season with the Chicago premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's THE FEW, directed by Steep ensemble member Brad Akin, running April 14 - May 21, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
BWW Review: HAVING OUR SAY at Hartford Stage Company
by Karen Bovard
- Apr 12, 2016
HAVING OUR SAY is the theatrical adaptation by Emily Mann of the joint memoir of the same title published in 1993 by Dr. Bessie Delany and Miss Sadie Delany, who were then both over 100 years old. The evening is a delight as well as a fine history lesson. This co-production (with Long Wharf Theater in New Haven) will run in Hartford through April 24.
Photo Flash: First Look at Steep Theatre's Midwest Premiere of THE FEW
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 11, 2016
Four years ago, Bryan walked away from his life, his lover, and his labor of love -- a magazine for long distance truckers. Now, he's back, without explanation and without answers, looking to finish what he couldn't on the road. In an anonymous highway town, THE FEW pulls together the pieces of lives filled with loss. Steep Theatre Company continues its fifteenth season with the Chicago premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's THE FEW, directed by Steep ensemble member Brad Akin, running April 14 - May 21, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!
History Matters/Back To The Future Announces 2016 Judith Barlow Prize Winner
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 31, 2016
History Matters/Back To The Future, committed to promoting the study and production of women's plays of the past, has announced the winner of the second annual Judith Barlow Prize. Lindsay Adams, a student at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., has been chosen for her one-act play, HER OWN DEVICES, which was inspired by Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Harvey.
Broadway's Debbie Bisno Named Resident Producer of McCarter Theatre
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 21, 2016
McCarter Theatre Center's Resident Playwright/Artistic Director Emily Mann and Managing Director Timothy J. Shields have announced Debbie Bisno as the theatre's new Resident Producer. Ms. Bisno, a Broadway producer with two decades in the commercial and non-profit theatrical arenas, assumes her new leadership role immediately. Ms. Bisno will be based in Princeton as an important member of the artistic team at McCarter, and she will maintain and expand McCarter's relationships in NY, regionally, and abroad. Her existing company, Bisno Productions, will continue operations in Manhattan.
BWW Review: THE MOUSETRAP at McCarter Theatre Center
by Leigh Byron
- Mar 15, 2016
Agatha Christie's classic who-done-it, THE MOUSETRAP, which opened March 11 at the McCarter Theatre Centre in Princeton, is splendid. It would be hard for anyone to create a better 'mousetrap' than this performance directed by Adam Immerwahr.
Photo Flash: First Look at 'HAVING OUR SAY' at Long Wharf Theatre
by BWW News Desk
- Feb 24, 2016
Long Wharf Theatre, in co-production with Hartford Stage, presents HAVING OUR SAY: THE DELANY SISTERS' FIRST 100 YEARS, by Emily Mann, directed by Jade King Carroll, from February through April. The production will run at Long Wharf Theatre now through March 13, 2016, and will then move to Hartford Stage, running from March 31 through April 24, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the duo onstage below!
Hillbarn Theatre to Stage to KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, 3/10-27
by Tyler Peterson
- Feb 18, 2016
This March, Harper Lee's beloved novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, comes to life at Hillbarn Theatre. Set in Alabama during The Great Depression, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel sees racial injustice envelop a small-town community. Through courage and compassion, lawyer Atticus Finch seeks the truth, and his feisty daughter, Scout - a young girl on the cusp of adulthood - brings new hope to a neighborhood in turmoil. This timeless classic compels audiences to take an honest look at our nation's past and humanities moral responsibility to each other.
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